Nicolas Winding Refn
Known for
Directing
Born
September 29, 1970 (age 56)
Birthplace
Copenhagen, Denmark
Biography
Nicolas Winding Refn (Danish: [ˈne̝kolɑs ˈve̝nte̝ŋˈʁæfn̩]; born 29 September 1970) is a Danish film director, screenwriter, and producer.
He directed the Pusher trilogy (1996–2005), the crime drama Bronson (2008), and the adventure film Valhalla Rising (2009). In 2011, he directed the action drama film Drive (2011), for which he won the Cannes Film Festival Award for Best Director. He was also nominated for the BAFTA Award for Best Direction. Refn's subsequent films were the stylistically driven action film Only God Forgives (2013) and the psychological horror film The Neon Demon (2016).
In 2019, he directed his first television series, Too Old to Die Young (2019), which premiered on Amazo...
Best known work
Drive
2011
The Neon Demon
2016
Bronson
2009
Only God Forgives
2013
Valhalla Rising
2010
Pusher
1996
Jodorowsky's Dune
2013
Pusher II
2004
Pusher 3
2005
Dying of the Light
2014Filmography
TBA
WitchfinderProducer
TBA
What Have You Done to Solange?Producer
TBA
Maniac CopDirector, Screenplay, Producer
2026
Her Private HellDirector, Producer, Screenplay, Story
2026
THE ORIGIN OF ULTRAMANas Self
2026
Satellites IIWriter, Director
2025
Big Trouble on Billycock HillExecutive Producer
2024
Dario Argento: Panicoas Self
2024
Beauty Is Not a SinDirector, Writer
2023
2023
Circus MaximusDirector
2023
2023
2023
2022
Touch of CrudeDirector, Writer
2021
Inferno Rosso: Joe D'Amato on the Road of Excessas Presenter
2019
2019
RematchDirector
2016
The Neon DemonDirector, Screenplay, Producer, Story
2015
2015
Metal Gear Solid: Legacyas Self
2015
2014
Dying of the LightExecutive Producer
2013
Jodorowsky's Duneas Self - Filmmaker
2013
Only God ForgivesDirector, Writer